Evaluation of native microalgae from Tunisia using the pulse-amplitude-modulation measurement of chlorophyll fluorescence and a performance study in semi-continuous mode for biofuel production.

abstract：Background:Biogenic and biogenic-thermogenic coalbed methane (CBM) are important energy reserves for unconventional natural gas. Thus, to investigate biogenic gas formation mechanisms, a series of fresh coal samples from several representative areas of China were analyzed to detect hydrogen-producing bacteria and metha...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Su X,Zhao W,Xia D

更新日期：2018-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In addition to efficient pentose utilization, high inhibitor tolerance is a key trait required in any organism used for economically viable industrial bioethanol production with lignocellulose biomass. Although recent work has succeeded in establishing efficient xylose fermentation in robust industrial Sacch...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Demeke MM,Dumortier F,Li Y,Broeckx T,Foulquié-Moreno MR,Thevelein JM

更新日期：2013-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Cyanobacteria are potential sources for third generation biofuels. Their capacity for biofuel production has been widely improved using metabolically engineered strains. In this study, we employed metabolic engineering design with target genes involved in selected processes including the fatty acid synthesis...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Eungrasamee K,Miao R,Incharoensakdi A,Lindblad P,Jantaro S

更新日期：2019-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:Industrial production of biofuels and other products by cellulolytic microorganisms is of interest but hindered by the nascent state of genetic tools. Although a genetic system for Clostridium thermocellum DSM1313 has recently been developed, available methods achieve relatively low efficiency a...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Guss AM,Olson DG,Caiazza NC,Lynd LR

更新日期：2012-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Microalgal biomass harvesting using traditional chemicals is costly for the production of biofuels, hindering the scale-up process of the technology. Thus, the search for a cost-effective microalgal harvesting method is extremely important. Using chitosan as a natural flocculant to harvest microalgal biomass...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Zhu L,Li Z,Hiltunen E

更新日期：2018-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The industrial vinegar residue (VR) from solid-state fermentation, mainly cereals and their bran, will be a potential feedstock for future biofuels because of their low cost and easy availability. However, utilization of VR for butanol production has not been as much optimized as other sources of lignocellul...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Xia M,Peng M,Xue D,Cheng Y,Li C,Wang D,Lu K,Zheng Y,Xia T,Song J,Wang M

更新日期：2020-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Populus (poplar) tree species including hybrid varieties are considered as promising biomass feedstock for biofuels and biochemicals production due to their fast growing, short vegetative cycle, and widely distribution. In this work, poplar was pretreated with acetic acid (AC) to produce xylooligosaccharides...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Wen P,Zhang T,Wang J,Lian Z,Zhang J

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Biofilms are cell communities wherein cells are embedded in a self-produced extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). The biofilm of Clostridium acetobutylicum confers the cells superior phenotypes and has been extensively exploited to produce a variety of liquid biofuels and bulk chemicals. However, little ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Liu D,Yang Z,Chen Y,Zhuang W,Niu H,Wu J,Ying H

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Energy crops including Miscanthus provide a storable, portable energy source which can be used to complement a wide range of products and energy generation systems. Miscanthus is predominantly used in Europe as a combustion material for electricity generation but also has the potential for biochemical conver...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Adams JMM,Winters AL,Hodgson EM,Gallagher JA

更新日期：2018-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Molasses is a dense and saline by-product of the sugar agroindustry. Its high organic content potentially fuels a myriad of renewable products of industrial interest. However, the biotechnological exploitation of molasses is mainly hampered by the high concentration of salts, an issue that is nowadays tackle...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Scoma A,Coma M,Kerckhof FM,Boon N,Rabaey K

更新日期：2017-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：: The considerable increase in biodiesel production worldwide in the last 5 years resulted in a stoichiometric increased coproduction of crude glycerol. As an excess of crude glycerol has been produced, its value on market was reduced and it is becoming a "waste-stream" instead of a valuable "coproduct". The developmen...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Almeida JR,Fávaro LC,Quirino BF

更新日期：2012-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The need for liquid fuels in the transportation sector is increasing, and it is essential to develop industrially sustainable processes that simultaneously address the tri-fold sustainability metrics of technological feasibility, economic viability, and environmental impacts. Biorefineries based on lignocell...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Rajendran K,Murthy GS

更新日期：2017-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As a green alternative for the production of transportation fuels, the enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulose and subsequent fermentation to ethanol are being intensively researched. To be economically feasible, the hydrolysis of lignocellulose must be conducted at a high concentration of solids, which resul...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Teugjas H,Väljamäe P

更新日期：2013-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coordination of synthesis and assembly of the polymeric components of cell walls is essential for plant growth and development. Given the degree of co-mingling and cross-linking among cell wall components, cellulose organization must be dependent on the organization of other polymers such as lignin. Here we ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Liu J,Kim JI,Cusumano JC,Chapple C,Venugopalan N,Fischetti RF,Makowski L

更新日期：2016-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Biorefineries, designed for the production of lignocellulose-based chemicals and fuels, are receiving increasing attention from the public, governments, and industries. A major obstacle for biorefineries to advance to commercial scale is the high cost of the enzymes required to derive the fermentable sugars from the f...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Novy V,Nielsen F,Seiboth B,Nidetzky B

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Functional sugar alcohols have been widely used in the food, medicine, and pharmaceutical industries for their unique properties. Among these, erythritol is a zero calories sweetener produced by the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica. However, in wild-type strains, erythritol is produced with low productivity and yie...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Wang N,Chi P,Zou Y,Xu Y,Xu S,Bilal M,Fickers P,Cheng H

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Inefficient utilization of glycerol by Clostridium beijerinckii (Cb) is a major impediment to adopting glycerol metabolism as a strategy for increasing NAD(P)H regeneration, which would in turn, alleviate the toxicity of lignocellulose-derived microbial inhibitory compounds (LDMICs, e.g., furfural), and impr...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Agu CV,Ujor V,Ezeji TC

更新日期：2019-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-productive cellulase adsorption onto lignin has always been deemed to negatively affect the enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic feedstocks. Therefore, understanding enzyme-lignin interactions is essential for the development of enzyme mixtures, the processes of lignocellulose hydrolysis, and the gene...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Guo F,Shi W,Sun W,Li X,Wang F,Zhao J,Qu Y

更新日期：2014-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:n-Butanol can serve as an excellent gasoline substitute. Naturally, it is produced by some Clostridia species which, however, exhibit only limited suitability for industrial n-butanol production. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae would be an ideal host due to its high robustness in fermentation processes. N...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Schadeweg V,Boles E

更新日期：2016-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Understanding the DNA methylome and its relationship with non-coding RNAs, including microRNAs (miRNAs) and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), is essential for elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying key biological processes in plants. Few studies have examined the functional roles of the DNA methylome ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Yan H,Bombarely A,Xu B,Frazier TP,Wang C,Chen P,Chen J,Hasing T,Cui C,Zhang X,Zhao B,Huang L

更新日期：2018-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A substantial barrier to commercialization of lignocellulosic ethanol production is a lack of process specific sensors and associated control strategies that are essential for economic viability. Current sensors and analytical techniques require lengthy offline analysis or are easily fouled in situ. Raman sp...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Ewanick SM,Thompson WJ,Marquardt BJ,Bura R

更新日期：2013-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Plant biomass is an abundant but underused feedstock for bioenergy production due to its complex and variable composition, which resists breakdown into fermentable sugars. These feedstocks, however, are routinely degraded by many uncommercialized microbes such as anaerobic gut fungi. These gut fungi express ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Hooker CA,Hillman ET,Overton JC,Ortiz-Velez A,Schacht M,Hunnicutt A,Mosier NS,Solomon KV

更新日期：2018-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：Background:To increase the production of bioethanol, a two-step process based on hydrothermal and dilute alkaline treatment was applied to reduce the natural resistance of biomass. However, the process required a large amount of water and a long operation time due to the solid/liquid separation before the alkaline trea...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Sun S,Zhang L,Liu F,Fan X,Sun RC

更新日期：2018-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:The recalcitrance of lignocellulosic cell wall biomass to deconstruction varies greatly in angiosperms, yet the source of this variation remains unclear. Here, in eight genotypes of short rotation coppice willow (Salix sp.) variability of the reaction wood (RW) response and the impact of this va...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Brereton NJ,Ray MJ,Shield I,Martin P,Karp A,Murphy RJ

更新日期：2012-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Solid acid catalyzed inexpensive ionic liquid (IL) pretreatment is promising because of its effectiveness at decreasing biomass recalcitrance to subsequent enzymatic hydrolysis or in situ hydrolysis of carbohydrate oligomers. However, the conventional strategy was limited by the complex non-isothermal proces...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： You T,Shao L,Wang R,Zhang L,Xu F

更新日期：2016-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genomic and proteomic analysis are potent tools for metabolic characterization of microorganisms. Although cellulose usually triggers cellulase production in cellulolytic fungi, the secretion of the different enzymes involved in polymer conversion is subjected to different factors, depending on growth condit...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： de Eugenio LI,Méndez-Líter JA,Nieto-Domínguez M,Alonso L,Gil-Muñoz J,Barriuso J,Prieto A,Martínez MJ

更新日期：2017-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oleaginous microorganisms are attractive feedstock for production of liquid biofuels. Direct hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) is an efficient route that converts whole, wet biomass into an energy-dense liquid fuel precursor, called 'biocrude'. HTL represents a promising alternative to conventional lipid extra...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Jena U,McCurdy AT,Warren A,Summers H,Ledbetter RN,Hoekman SK,Seefeldt LC,Quinn JC

更新日期：2015-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Cellulolytic enzymes produced by Trichoderma reesei are widely used for the industrial production of biofuels and chemicals from lignocellulose. We speculated that intracellular pH during the fermentation process can affect cellulase induction. Results:In this study, two H+-ATPase genes, tre76238 and tre787...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Liu P,Zhang G,Chen Y,Zhao J,Wang W,Wei D

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The search for novel thermostable xylanases for industrial use has intensified in recent years, and thermophilic fungi are a promising source of useful enzymes. The present work reports the heterologous expression and biochemical characterization of a novel thermostable xylanase (GH10) from the thermophilic ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Ribeiro LF,De Lucas RC,Vitcosque GL,Ribeiro LF,Ward RJ,Rubio MV,Damásio AR,Squina FM,Gregory RC,Walton PH,Jorge JA,Prade RA,Buckeridge MS,Polizeli Mde L

更新日期：2014-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：Background:S-Adenosylmethionine (SAM) is a critical cofactor involved in many biochemical reactions. However, the low fermentation titer of SAM in methionine-free medium hampers commercial-scale production. The SAM synthesis pathway is specially related to the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle in Bacillus amyloliquefacien...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Ruan L,Li L,Zou D,Jiang C,Wen Z,Chen S,Deng Y,Wei X

更新日期：2019-09-09 00:00:00